LASTON

Name: LASTON MTEKA BANDA

Organisation: WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL

Role: CAPACITY BUILDING COORDINATOR

Country: Malawi

I am a dynamic public health communication professional working as a Capacity Building Coordinator at World Vision International, Malawi Office. He has proven expertise (over 10 years) in public health programmes /interventions design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation such as integration of HIV and AIDS issues into development planning processes, reproductive health, advocacy and Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials development; awareness creation and behavioural change communication; HIV and AIDS analysis and projections. He has also wide experience in designing and conducting research studies focusing on gender, orphans and vulnerable children, wider sexual and reproductive health issues particularly HIV/AIDS, family planning, adolescent fertility and sexual and reproductive health. He has conducted a number of quantitative and qualitative research activities. In the research works he has undertaken he was responsible for study design, development of research tools, recruitment, training, report writing and dissemination of research results.